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 much vigour. The opposition was, however, fruitless, and the Bill was read a third time on August 31st. In the Legislative Council the opponents did not wait for the Bill. On July 13th, the Hon. R. Oliver presented the first instalment of the petition with 18,407 signatures. Mr Shrimski objected to the reception of the petition. It was not, he said, in accordance with Standing Orders, as the various sheets were pasted together without the prayer of the petition. Mr Oliver contended that the petition did comply with Standing Orders. Every sheet was signed on a paper bearing the petition, and the petition which stood on the first sheet exactly resembled